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Speed, John, Prospect of the most famous parts of the world, viz. Asia, Europe, Affrica, America, with these Kingdomes therein contained…, together with all the prouinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theatre Great Brittaines Empire (London, Printed by M.F. for W. Humble, 1646).

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Champion, Anthony, ‘from a traveller in Wales to a friend travelling in Scotland, August 1772’, in William Henry Lyttleton, ed., Miscellanies, in verse and prose, English and Latin, by the late Anthony Champion (London, T. Bensley, 1801).

Chandler, Alfred Dupont, Bicycle tour in England and Wales, made in 1879 by the president, Alfred D. Chandler, and capt… (1881).

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Cliffe, John Henry, Notes and recollections of an angler: rambles among the mountains, valleys, and solitudes of Wales, with sketches of some of the lakes, streams, mountains and scenic attractions in both divisions of the principality (London, Hamilton, Adams, 1860).

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Wood, John George, Principal rivers of Wales illustrated, consisting of a series of views from the source of each river to its mouth. Accompanied by descriptions, historical, topographical, and picturesque (London, Printed for the author, by T. Bensley..., 1813).

Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke, History of Wales from the earliest times, to its final incorporation with the kingdom of England; with notices of its physical geography, and mineral wealth; and of the religion and literature, laws, customs, manners, and arts of the Welsh (London, Virtue, [1853]).

Poucher, William Arthur, Welsh peaks: a pictorial guide to walking in this region and to the safe ascent of its principal mountain groups, with 235 photographs by the author, 14 maps and 52 routes, 4th edition (London, Constable, 1970).

Yerburgh, David S., A tour of the abbeys, priories & cathedrals of Wales: an itinerant’s exhibition: a pictorial journey around the major abbeys, priories and cathedrals of Wales, illustrated by engravings in the collections of the National Library of Wales and of Canon David Yerburgh ([Salisbury], [the author?], [1999?]).

Yerburgh, David S., The beauties of the ancient counties of Wales: an attempt to depict the ancient counties of Wales & [sic], illustrated with 18th and 19th century engravings (Salisbury, Revd. Canon David Yerburgh, 2008).

Parry, John, Trip to Wales: a farce in three acts, performed for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on November 10, 1826 (London, J. Mallett, 1826).

Richards, William, Wallography, or the Briton described, being a pleasant relation of a journey into Wales (London, Printed for Obadiah Blagrave ..., 1682).

[Torbuck, John], Collection of Welch travels, and memoirs of Wales… Collected by J.T. (including i. The Briton Describ’d, or, a Journey thro’ Wales: Being a pleasant Relation of D__n S___t’s Journey to that Ancient Kingdom… [gweler William Richards Wallography uchod]; ii. A Trip to North Wales; iii. A funeral sermon, preached by the parson of Llangwillin; iv. The Welshman’s Warning-piece, as it was delivered in a sermon in Shropshire; v. The Welch School-master, being some natural observations made in the school of Llandwwswrhwy; vi. Muscipula, sive Kambro-Myo-Maxa (The Mouse-Trap, a poem), (Dublin, John Torbuck, [1740]).

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